In match-boxes



' :DENsLOW BunHANs, or BURLINGTON, IOWA.

iii-mao IMPROVEMENT iN MATCH-Boxes.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1l,430,`dated May 30, 1871. i

" `l Toall whom it mag/concern:

Beit known that I, DENsLoW BURHANs, of

" Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and StatefotIoiva, have invented a new and valu-V able Improvement in Match-Boxes5 and I do `hereby declare that the following is full,

clear, and exact description `of the construction `and operation ot the'same, reference being had to the annexed drawing makinga y partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figurel of the drawing` is atop View of my invention, showing,several boxes packed toy gether. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of box with lid open. i.

This invention relates to an improved matchbox and matchfholder combined; and consists of a triangular case provided with a hinged lid, by which the box, when opened, may be hung up as a safe. l i

1n the accom panying draivin g, A represents Vthe case for holding matches, triangular in plan view and made of pasteboard. The back,

lid, and bottommay be cut out in one piece,

andthe sides in another, both being connected' at the joints in the usual manner; or the r Whole box may be cut out in a single piece, and the sides joined together at the i'ront angle C, which should be a right angle. The

rubbing surface ofsand may be formed on one of the sides, or on thefinside of the lid. B represents the internal-revenue stamp placed over the edge of the lid when closed, as shown in Fig. l. These boxes can.` be conveniently y packed together, as shown in the drawing,

Fig. 1, the angle G being a right angle. A hole, C', is made in the lid for the purpose oi' hanging said box up. Its position may be denoted in making the box by perforations, so

that a slight pressure of a nail or other instrument Will make a suitable opening; or, the hole may be cut through the body-pasteboard of the lid, and this will be concealed by the covering paper, which may easily be broken through when it is desired to hang the box up. .Y

The sandpaper is usually placed on the inside of the lid for protection, and is not liable to become Worn before it is needed for use.

The matches maybe packed upside down or protected from the sand by a piece of paper. Vhen the sand-paper is placed -in this position the hard surface ot' the Wall against Which the box is hung is offered as a resistance to the pressure ot' the match when it is being ignited. The triangular form is preferred for the box because the center ot gravity is brought near' er the wall,a1id the box will hang very nearly upright, even it' the vhinge should b e weak. But the hinge is arranged on the longest side of the triangle, and, being a paper hinge, sut'- ticient stiffness is required to support the Weight of the matches.

I claim as my invention- The match box and holder combined, constructed of the material and form described, as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

DENSLOW BURHANS.

Witnesses: v

GEORGE A. MOARTEUR, J OHN C. BARR... 

